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709 terms

Records Management terms

  1. workflow the "flow of work" Workflow diagrams are a formal way to identify procedural steps and the logic employed in a process used to complete a task or job.
  2. working copy A document possessing short-term or transitory, utilized as related or reference-only information for a business process or function.
  3. working file Documents, such as notes, drafts, and calculations, created and acquired in the process of assembling another document See also convenience file and…
  4. working paper information or documentation created to serve as input for final reporting and its evidential value generally expires upon completion of the object…
  5. working papers Papers, background notes, and reference materials that are used in the preparation and completion of other documents
  6. WORM See write once read many (WORM).
  7. WORM (Write Once Read Many) Data storage devices (e.g. CD-ROMs) where the space on the discs can only be written once. The data is permanently stored.
  8. XML See Extensible Markup Language.
  9. XML (Extensible Markup Language) A markup language that enables users to tag data in order to delimit it, leaving the interpretation of the data to the applications that read it.

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